Word: wits
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...death of Mr. Choate the University loses one of its most distinguished graduates and the nation mourns one of that body of great Americans who were the great builders in a formative period of its history. He was known alike as lawyer, statesman, orator, diplomatist, and polished wit, but the world's greatest remembrance is founded on his public career...
...individuality and evocative quality of the diction, then by the sustained sweep and music of the line, as contrasted with the briefer felicity of Mr. Norris' phrase. In fact, the two poets present an interesting and suggestive opposition throughout. If in Mr. Norris I find sentiment, fancy, wit--in the older sense--in Mr. Hillyer I find, above all, passion and imagination. But their latest poems are both equally beautiful in their different ways, and both offer promise of even higher performance...
...line" is not one of the newest, and suffering as he is from a cold, his personality does not impress one as especially magnetic. Boston weather may be handed the blame for this man's indisposition, and his cheerfulness and willingness to try almost made up for his Ark wit. Playing opposite him was Miss Hazel Cox, who seemed a trifle gross both in physique and manner...
...Wit Wilson and Winn at the ends and Halsey and McGraw at the tackles, the rest of the Tiger line should be evenily filled...
...General Education Board and the Rockefeller Foundation announced Friday an appropriation of $2,000,000 to be added to other property valued at $9,000,000 for the endowment of a medical school in connection wit Chicago University. This endowment, which is larger than that of any medical school in the United States, will make the new medical department the greatest school for the education of specialists in this country. The purpose of the new school is to make it unnecessary for advanced students, or physicians seeking special training, to study abroad. To this end, it is planned to have...